Manitoba still measles hot spot with 48 cases confirmed in May
Manitoba had almost 600 confirmed measles cases in the first five months of this year, provincial health officials say, as the province remains Canada's hot spot for the highly contagious disease.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/measles-data-update-june-5-9.7224989?cmp=rss

Bird Flu found in dairy herds (!) both in TX and in UT
I did not know bird flu was common in birds and in cows
#CDC #BirdFlu #dairy #cows #bird #chicken #rooster #poultry #farmers #Texas #Utah #lockdown #contain #influenza #spread #contagious #airborne #MaskUp #respirator #mask #FaceShield
https://www.kbtx.com/2026/06/04/highly-pathogenic-avian-flu-found-texas-dairy-herd/

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency
Ebola is highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare, but severe and often fatal.
#Health #World #Ebola #EbolaOutbreak
https://globalnews.ca/news/11853464/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-a-global-health-emergency/

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency
Ebola is highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare, but severe and often fatal.
#Health #World #Ebola #EbolaOutbreak
https://globalnews.ca/news/11853464/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-a-global-health-emergency/

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency
Ebola is highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare, but severe and often fatal.
#Health #World #Ebola #EbolaOutbreak
https://globalnews.ca/news/11853464/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-a-global-health-emergency/

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency
Ebola is highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare, but severe and often fatal.
#Health #World #Ebola #EbolaOutbreak
https://globalnews.ca/news/11853464/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-a-global-health-emergency/

Numbers here are more accurate than in others - over 335 infected in #Africa, almost 90 dead (about 50% of those who get #Ebola, die),
at first it was only in DRC (#Congo/ Democratic Republic of Congo; started Apr '26), now also in #Uganda.
>Is not #Zaire strain which has a vaccine.
This is the #Bundibugyo #strain for which there's no #vaccine.
>Boots, #masks, #FaceShield, #gloves, #gowns, head coverings - highly #contagious even from contact w #infected surfaces.
#PPE
https://www.vpm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2026-05-16/a-new-ebola-outbreak-has-already-killed-87-people-in-democratic-republic-of-congo

How contagious is hantavirus compared with COVID-19, measles and RSV?
The latest hantavirus outbreak raises the question of how does hantavirus compare with other viruses that have posed major public health challenges.
#Canada #Health #COVID19 #Hantavirus
https://globalnews.ca/news/11838613/how-contagious-is-hantavirus-covid-19-measles-rsv/

30 more measles cases confirmed in Manitoba, provincial health data shows
Thirty more confirmed measles cases were recorded in the final few days of April and into early May, Manitoba health officials warned on Friday as the province continues to be Canada's hot spot for the highly-contagious disease.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-new-measles-cases-9.7192679?cmp=rss

Outbreak of highly contagious parasite shuts down Calgary petting farm, health officials say
The province said five cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed so far among people who've visited Butterfield Acres, a Calgary petting farm, this month.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/butterfield-acres-cryptosporidiosis-9.7180672?cmp=rss